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No. 624,944. Ptemd may 9, |999. n. musas H. w. PHIPPs. COIN FBED DELIVERY MECHNISM.

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No. 624,844. Patented Maya, |899.

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ROBERT JAMES. MOSER AND HENRY VILLIAM PIIIPPS, OF LONDON, LAND, ASSIGNCRS TO THE GENERAL AUTOMATIC DELIVERY COMPANY,

LIMITED, OF SAME PLACE.

COIN-FREED DELIVERY MECHANISNI.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent N o. 624,844, dated May 9, 1899.

Application filed December 28, 1897. Serial No. 664.015. (No :nudeln To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that we, ROBERT JAMES MOSER, residing at 178 High street, Southwark, and HENRY WILLIAM PHIPPs, residing at 59 Harders road, Peckham, London, in the county of Surrey, England, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented a certain new and useful Coin-Freed Delivery-Machine, (for which we have received Letters 1o Patent in Great Britain, No. 2,585, dated February '4, 1896; in France, No. 263,368, dated January' 23, 1897, and in Germany, No. 93,576, dated January 24, 1897,) of which the following is a specification.

I5 The object of t-his invention is to deliver a predetermined quantity-of liquid in exchange for a coin.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: A penny is dropped into a slot and is 2o led by a chute to a cavity in which it is retained. Ahandle is then moved,which brings a pusher against the coin. The pusher riding up over the coin is ubrought into position to thrust against a lever, which by suitable connections then turns a cock or valve. At the end of the movement of the handle the coin isallowed to escape into a receptacle.

In some cases where the value ot' the liquid delivered is two pence two coins are inserted 3o in succession. The first coin` simply moves a switch in passing down its chute, and the switch directs the second coin into the operative cavity. The cock being opened establishes connection between a measuring vessel 3 5 and a drawoff valve, and by a suitable manipulation of the handle the valve is opened and the measuredv quantity is drawn off. When the handle is raised, springs return the parts to their original positions.

4o Figure 1 is a side elevation with the outside casing removed. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the apparatus. Figs. 3 and 4L show the coin-chute with the switch-tongue in two positions. Fig. 5 is a local section, showing the pusher after it has ridden 'up over the coin. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section taken just above the handle in the position that it occupies when it has been pulled down; and Fig.

5o Sis a detail View, partly in side elevation and partly in section, showing the valve mechanism controlling the passage of liquid to and from the measuring vessel.

a is the coin-chute, having in it a switehtongue b, pivoted at c. be seen in Figs. 3 and 4, acts las a guide for the coin.V The tongue b is simply a strip of metal having its pivot c arranged about midway between its ends inside an enlargement of the chute. The ends project through 0pen- 6o ings in the chute,.so that the tongue is free to oscillate o n its pivot and move from side to side. The Iirst coin is dropped into the chute, the longue being in the position shown n by Fig.' 3, and it is guided into the channel d, 65 leading direct to the coin-receptacle, the position of the switch being at the same time reversed. The tongue will then be in the position shown by Fig. 4, and another coin being dropped into the chute it is guided down 7o channel c, leading to a recess f in an arched guide f. There it is retained resting on the Bange g of a segment 72., which can turn on'a shaft e'.

The apparatus is actuated by a handle j, 75.

the stem of which .passes through asleeve 7o, pivoted to the uprights ZZ atc. A quadrant n is attached to the sleeve, anda flexible band 0 connects the quadrant with the segment h. Vhen the handle'j is pulled down, the seg- 8o ment h is turned about the shaft and carries with it the `pusher p, which normally is kept in contact with the arched guide f' by a sprin g q. When, however, there is a coin in the recess f, the pusher. p is raised by it and engages with a lever r, pivoted upon the shaft i, as is shown in Fig. 5. v

The lever r has attached to its end a cord s, which passes around a pulley s and is attached to an arm t on the stem of 'a cock t. 9.o

The cock t when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. il and 2 connects the closed measuring vessel u, with a supply-cistern, andthe liquid will then stand at a regulated heightin the vessel u. When the handle is drawn down,the passage leading to the supply-cistern is closed and a passage is opened leading from the Vessel u to thedelivery-Valve x, Which'is outside the casing of the machine. The supply-cistern may either Ioo The tongue I), as will 55.

be within the casing of the apparatus or at some distance away from it.

The apparatus is ready to be used whenthe parts are in the position shown in Figs. l and 2, the segment h being drawn against the stop h' on the arched guidef' by a spring or weight at the end of the cord fu and the lever r against the stop r' by a spring w, attached to the arm t. (Shown in Fig. (3.)

The delivery-valve 0c is opened by turning the handle j.

On the stem of the handlej are the pins y y, which when the handle is turned lift the flap z, which is pivoted at e". The flap lifts the valve by thrusting upward the stem z2.

The requisite number of coins having been dropped into the chute, one coin falls into the recess f, and the handlej being pulled down the pusher p rises over the coin and engages with the lever r, which turns the arm if, closing the measuring vessel u to the supply and opening it to the delivery-valve Qc. The coin when in the recessf is supported by the flange g of the segment h, and this is cut away, as is shown in Fig. 5, so that when the measuring vessel is opened to the delivery-cook the coin ceases to be supported and it falls into the coin-receptacle.

When the handle j is raised, all the parts return to their original positions.

What we claim is- 1. The combination of a coin-chute, a coinretaining cavity, a pusher riding over the c'oin, a handle operating the pusher, a measuring vessel and means actuated by the pusher for operating the valve or oook of the measuring vessel.

2. The combination of acoin-chute, a coinretaining cavity, a pusher riding over the coin, a handle operating the pusher, a measuring vessel, a three-way cock leading from the measuring vessel, an arm on the stem of the cock, and means for connecting Jthe arm to the pusher.

3. The combination of a coin chute, an arched guide, a recess in lthe arched guide, a pivoted segment, a flange on kthe pivoted segment, a pusher riding over the coin, a handle operating the pusher, a measuring vessel, and means actuated by the pusher for operating the valve or cock of the measuring Vessel.

4. The combination of a coin-chute, a pivoted tongue in the coin-chute, a coin-retaining cavity, a pusher riding over the coin, a handle operating the pusher, a measuring Vessel and means actuated by the pusher for operating the valve or cock of the measuring vessel.

ROBERT JAMES MOSER. HENRY WILLIAM PHIPPS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM JOHN WEEKS, RICHARD BUNDY. 

